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Old 08-11-2016, 05:12 PM
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I have always struggled with Joe Black from the 1952 Topps set and wondered why it was so expensive?

I know it's a high number card and it's his RC, but he only played 6 yrs, (with his first year being the best) and of course he was never elected into the HOF.

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Old 08-11-2016, 05:17 PM
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In addition to what you mentioned, he was one of the Boys of Summer. Dodgers and Yankees from around then usually do very well.
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Benny Bengough - 1933 Goudey #1 card

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Old 08-11-2016, 05:23 PM
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John Halla - 1911 Zeenut (because it is an awesome horizontal pose)

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John Halla - 1911 Zeenut (because it is an awesome horizontal pose)

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He never quite made it, but there was a Wes Chamberlain rookie Topps error card in the 1990s that had a different guy on it. I asked him to sign it in spring training and he said No. Ha. So he is legendary in my mind
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Old 08-12-2016, 05:45 AM
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Ron Tomkins and Bill Denehy have an elevated status is most collections due simply to which guy Topps elected to pair them with on their rookie baseball cards. Tomkins shares a card with Johnny Bench and Bill Denehy is the guy sharing a card with Nolan Ryan.

Most of the T206 Southern League guys would have been lost to history if not chosen for a T206 card. Now they are highly sought after.
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Ron Tomkins and Bill Denehy have an elevated status is most collections due simply to which guy Topps elected to pair them with on their rookie baseball cards. Tomkins shares a card with Johnny Bench and Bill Denehy is the guy sharing a card with Nolan Ryan.

Most of the T206 Southern League guys would have been lost to history if not chosen for a T206 card. Now they are highly sought after.
Agreed about the sharing of a rookie but Jerry Koosman shares the card with Ryan, not Denehy.
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Magee was a good ballplayer. Now to follow up on Daniel's notation. As for obscure, and in one case never were major league ballplayers, please reference the T207 set with Louis Lowdermilk and Irving Lewis.
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It's too bad Sherry Magee isn't in Cooperstown. The man belongs.

I wouldn't call Billy Ripken obscure, especially since he's an MLB Network analyst.
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1975 Topps Herb Washington. The only player to ever have his position listed as "Pinch Runner" by Topps.
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1952 Topps Gus Zernial
1976 Topps Oscar Gamble and Kurt Bevaqua
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for several years, Claude Raymond could not seem to zip up on picture day.
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1952 Topps Gus Zernial
1976 Topps Oscar Gamble and Kurt Bevaqua
While 1952 is Zernial's most famous, he isn't an obscurity. He was an All Star and home run champ.
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